New to hobies and forum

Just wanted to introduce myself.
Im Kevin I live in Vero Beach, FL
I was given a Hobie 14
It's in alright condition, has a couple soft spots in the hulls
The sail has been kept in a garage so its in pretty good shape has some broken battens and some duct tape? lol some of the rivets pulled out. Needs new rudder cams, one of the rudders do not stay down. I have been out on it a couple times before so I know how to sail it, but launching it is kind of something I need to work on. Me and a buddy were going to take it out on sunday, but it seemed too windy.
If anybody has some tips for a noob, lemme know.

Sounds like you have come to the right place. If you have specific questions just ask them.

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Hobie 14T, "Blazin" I guess I am keeping her!

You sound like me. Except my problem is rigging and deriging the boat...mostly the mast everything else is easy though that goes by pretty quick now that my friend gave me an old mast stepper from his H16.

BTW, it's never too windy, only not windy enough.

I've only been out on mine 3 times in heavy wind (already capsized twice...lol) and I'm already confident I can fly the hulls if I had to. For now I'm working on my tacks which are way hard in heavy wind working the Jib and Main by yourself. Though yesterday I only stalled once in 15knt winds.

Its true, it can never be too windy, but if you do go out in very strong winds, you will want to be as far back as physically possible to keep the bow out. Otherwise you will go swimming

ok, well let me ask this, i had a rope tied to the dock, i hoisted the sail while my buddy was on the dock, he as about to hop on, but it seemed like if he tried to hop on i would already be gone, lol. the current was kind of strong also, so if i lifted the sail after we pushed off, the current would have taken us pretty far, and i dont want to end up trying to beach the thing because we got sucked into the inlet. im just going to find a small beach on the river that we can push off. I dont know any suggestions?

Sailing on a river? The St. Johns? That is the only river in FL I know of that is sailable. Unless you mean the intercostal.

Its the Indian River in Vero Beach. Does anybody know of any other place to sail near vero beach, Florida?

Not many sailable lakes down that way past the ocachobee (sp). Gey some experence and try her out in the ocean on a calm day.